Ahmed al-Tilemsi

Ahmed al-Tilemsi (died 11 December 2014) was a founding member of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) jihadist group and a senior commander of the al-Mourabitun group during the Malian Civil War.

Biography
Ahmed al-Tilemsi was born in Algeria, and he was one of the founders of the Movement for Oneness and Jihad in West Africa (MOJWA) jihadist group in the Insurgency in the Maghreb, kidnapping two French nationals in Niger and three aid workers in Algeria in 2011. al-Tilemsi led MOJWA's Masked Men Brigade, which later merged with al-Mourabitun in 2013, and al-Tilemsi became a senior al-Mourabitun spokesman and commander. On 11 December 2014, he was killed by GIGN special forces soldiers from France with a dozen other insurgents in Gao Mali during the Malian Civil War.